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Happy Birthday, Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis celebrates his 43rd birthday today. Andy was born on the 20th of April, 1964, in Ruslip Manor, England. You can view some pictures of Andy here and pictures of Andy as Gollum/Smeagol can be viewed here. Happy birthday Andy!
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The official Tolkien Estate’s website
The JRR Tolkien Estate’s official website has been launched. At present it’s a temporary version, with the complete website to follow later this year.
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Happy Birthday, Sean Bean
Today, April 17th, is Sean Bean’s birthday. Sean was born in Sheffield, England in 1959 and is 48 today. You can view some pictures of Sean here, of Sean in the role of Boromir here and you can read his CoE cast bio here. Happy birthday, Sean!
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BBC’s Newsnight talks Tolkien
In the UK tonight the “Newsnight” programme on the BBC1 TV channel featured an item on the publication of “The Children of Hurin”. At the Newsnight website here you can see clips from an interview with Prof. Tolkien by clicking on the ‘Talking Tolkien’ link. You can watch the programme by clicking on the Watch…
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Happy birthday Hugo Weaving
Today, the 4th of April, is Hugo Weaving’s birthday. Hugo was born in Nigeria in 1960, and is 47 today. You can view pictures of Hugo here and pictures of Hugo in the role of Elrond here.
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Happy Birthday, Brad Dourif
Today, March 18th, is Brad Dourif’s birthday. He was born in West Virginia, USA in 1950 and is 57 years old today. You can read his cast bio here. In the CoE gallery there are pictures of Brad here and of Brad in the role of Grima here. Happy Birthday Brad!
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Happy anniversary CoE
Today, Tuesday 6th March 2007, is CoE’s fifth anniversary. Happy anniversary CoE!
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Treebeard in Birmingham
icBirmingham report that plans for a 20ft statue of Treebeard at Moseley village green are set to get the go ahead. Tim Tolkien, great-nephew of JRR Tolkien, has designed the stainless steel statue.
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Happy Birthday Sean Astin
Today, February 25th, is Sean Astin’s birthday. He was born in 1971 in Santa Monica, California, and is 36 today. You can read his cast biography here. You can also see some pictures of Sean here and pictures of Sean in the role of Sam here. Happy Birthday Sean!
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Happy birthday Elijah Wood
Elijah Wood was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA, on 28th January 1981 and celebrates his 26th birthday today. You can see pictures of Elijah here, pictures of him in the role of Frodo here and read his cast bio here. Happy birthday Elijah!
